• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.1083-1095
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• 2016

The design of Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (PGSFR) has been developed and the validation and verification (V&V) activities to demonstrate the system performance and safety are in progress. In this paper, the current status of test activities is described briefly and significant results are discussed. The large-scale sodium thermal-hydraulic test program, Sodium Test Loop for Safety Simulation and Assessment-1 (STELLA-1), produced satisfactory results, which were used for the computer codes V&V, and the performance test results of the model pump in sodiumshowed good agreement with those in water. The second phase of the STELLA program with the integral effect tests facility, STELLA-2, is in the detailed design stage of the design process. The sodium thermal-hydraulic experiment loop for finned-tube sodium-to-air heat exchanger performance test, the intermediate heat exchanger test facility, and the test facility for the reactor flow distribution are underway. Flow characteristics test in subchannels of a wire-wrapped rod bundle has been carried out for safety analysis in the core and the dynamic characteristic test of upper internal structure has been performed for the seismic analysis model for the PGSFR. The performance tests for control rod assemblies (CRAs) have been conducted for control rod drive mechanism driving parts and drop tests of the CRA under scram condition were performed. Finally, three types of inspection sensors under development for the safe operation of the PGSFR were explained with significant results.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.395-409
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• 2022

기존 암반 굴착공법이 갖는 한계점을 극복하기 위해 최근 연마재 워터젯 공법을 활용하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 연마재 워터젯 암반굴착 공법은 암반에 연속적인 자유면을 형성하여 발파 시 발생하는 진동을 저감하고 굴착효율을 증진시키는 효과가 있다. 그러나 연마재 워터젯 절삭성능은 암반의 물리적 성질에 따라 변화한다. 따라서, 다양한 물리적 성질을 가진 암반이 혼재하는 굴착현장 특성상 효과적인 워터젯 활용을 위해서는 다양한 암종의 절삭성능을 분석하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 현무암과 화강암을 대상으로 수압, 이격거리, 이송속도를 변화시키며 절삭실험을 수행하고 결과를 분석하였다. 실험결과, 현무암은 화강암보다 평균적으로 약 41% 깊게 절삭되고, 절삭 폭은 약 18.5% 좁게 형성되었다. 본 연구결과는 향후 현무암과 같은 강도가 낮고 공극이 큰 암반 굴착현장에서 연마재 워터젯을 적용할 시 유용한 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.473-487
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• 2012

An experimental study was performed to investigate the seismic performance of steel reinforced concrete (SRC) special-shaped columns. For this purpose, 17 steel reinforced concrete special-shaped column specimens under low-cyclic reversed load were tested, load process and failure patterns of the specimens with different steel reinforcement were observed. The test results showed that the failure patterns of these columns include shear-diagonal compression failure, shear-bond failure, shear-flexure failure and flexural failure. The failure mechanisms and characteristics of SRC special-shaped columns were also analyzed. For different SRC special-shaped columns, based on the failure characteristics and mechanism observed from the test, formulas for calculating ultimate shear capacity in shear-diagonal compression failure and shear-bond failure under horizontal axis and oblique load were derived. The calculated results were compared with the test results. Both the theoretical analysis and the experimental results showed that, the shear capacity of T, L shaped columns under oblique load are larger than that under horizontal axis load, whereas the shear capacity of +-shaped columns under oblique load are less than that under horizontal axis load.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1044-1049
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• 2006

The vibration exciter with the accurate calibration requires a low distortion along a single axis over a wide range of frequency. The fabricated piezoelectric exciter was composed of a base, piezoelectric element(Venitron PZT 5A), electrode and seismic mass. Its performance characteristics is evaluated the Mach-Zehnder optical fiber interferometer. The phase of the optical wave passing through the optical fiber around the piezoelectric element was related the vibrational amplitude with a change of the applied sinusoidal voltage on the piezoelectric element. The dynamic characteristics of vibration exciter can be obtained by measuring the vibrational amplitude with a sinusoidal applied voltage on the piezoelectric element. The sensitivity of the fabricated piezoelectric exciter had a 0.4 nm/V which was uniform up to 20 kHz.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.879-885
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• 2006

Seismic control performance of MR dampers, which have severe nonlinearity, differs with respect to the dynamic characteristics of an earthquake such as magnitude, frequency and duration. In this study, the effects of excitation characteristics on the equivalent linear system of a building structure with the MR damper are investigated through numerical analysis for artificial ground motions generated from different response spectrums. The equivalent damping ratio of the structure with the MR damper is calculated using Newmark and Hall's equations for ground motion amplification factors. It is found that the equivalent damping ratio of the structure with the MR damper is dependent on the ratio of the maximum friction force of the MR damper over excitation magnitude. frequency contents of the earthquake ground motion affects the equivalent damping ratio of long-period structures considerably. Also, additional damping effect caused by interaction between the viscousity and friction of the MR damper is observed. Finally, response reduction factors for equivalent linear systems are proposed in order to improve accuracy in the prediction of the actual nonlinear response.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.417-430
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• 2021

Due to functional requirements, SRC column-RC beam abnormal joints with characteristics of strong beam weak column, variable column section, unequal beam height and staggered height exist in the Steel reinforced concrete (SRC) frame-bent main building structure of thermal power plant (TPP). This paper presents the experimental results of these abnormal joints through cyclic loading tests on five specimens with scaling factor of 1/5. The staggered height and whether adding H-shaped steel in beam or not were changing parameters of specimens. The failure patterns, bearing capacity, energy dissipation and ductile performance were analyzed. In addition, the stress mechanism of the abnormal joint was discussed based on the diagonal strut model. The research results showed that the abnormal exterior joints occurred shear failure and column end hinge flexural failure; reducing beam height through adding H-shaped steel in the beam of abnormal exterior joint could improve the crack resistance and ductility; the abnormal interior joints with different staggered heights occurred column ends flexural failure; the joint with larger staggered height had the higher bearing capacity and stiffness, but lower ductility. The concrete compression strut mechanism is still applicable to the abnormal joints in TPP, but it is affected by the abnormal characteristics.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.485-498
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• 2022

In near-fault earthquake prone areas, the velocity pulse-like seismic waves often results in excessive horizontal displacement for structures, which may result in severe structural failure during large or near-fault earthquakes. The recently developed isolator-gap damper (IGD) systems provide a solution for the large horizontal displacement of long period base-isolated structures. However, the hysteresis characteristics of the IGD system are significantly different from the traditional hysteretic behavior. At present, the hysteretic behavior is difficult to be reflected in the structural analysis and performance evaluation especially under random earthquake excitations for lacking of effective analysis models which prevent the application of this kind of IGD system. In this paper, we propose a mathematical hysteretic model for the IGD system that presents its nonlinear hysteretic characteristics. The equivalent linearization is conducted on this nonlinear model, which requires the variances of the IGD responses. The covariance matrix for the responses of the structure and the IGD system is obtained for random earthquake excitations represented by the Kanai-Tajimi spectrum by solving the Lyapunov equation. The responses obtained by the equivalent linearization are verified in comparison with the nonlinear responses by the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) analysis for random earthquake excitations.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.887-897
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• 2018

수직구와 수평 터널 주위 지층 변화, 지진파 방향성이 접속부의 동적 거동 특성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 유한 요소 기반의 MIDAS GTS NX 프로그램을 이용한 3차원 시간이력 해석을 통해 검토하였다. 연구결과 연약지반에서 장주기의 지진파가 수평 터널 방향으로 발생하였을 때 접속부 상부에서 최대 변위가 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 수직구와 수평 터널의 서로 다른 거동 및 지층 경계면의 영향으로 인해 응력집중 현상이 발생하여 문제가 될 수 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 연구 결과는 수직구와 수평 터널의 접속부 구조물 내진설계를 위한 기초자료로 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.128-137
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• 2012

복합 병렬 전단벽(Coupled shear walls)은 커플링 보와 철근콘크리트 벽체로 구성되어 바람이나 지진 등의 횡하중으로부터 유발된 전도모멘트의 상당 부분을 철골 연결보의 커플링 작용에 의하여 골조 작용(Frame action)을 의하여 횡력에 효율적으로 저항하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 접합부 상세에 따른 복합병렬 전단벽의 접합부 강도에 대한 규준식을 정립하기 위한 선행연구로서 병렬 전단벽 접합부에서 커플링 보의 매립길이 및 벽체 두께를 주변수로 실험적 연구를 수행하여 접합부 상세에 따른 복합 병렬 전단벽 시스템의 거동특성을 규명하고자 하였다. 본 실험결과, 실험체의 거동 및 내력은 매립길이 및 접합부 상세에 많은 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며 향후 설계시 이에 대한 영향을 반영해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.927-935
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• 2013

최근 지진의 발생빈도가 과거에 비해서 증가하면서 교량 구조물에도 내진성능에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 그 중 교량 하부 구조물의 경우에는 횡방향 하중에 저항하기 위하여 소성힌지 부분에 심부 구속 횡철근을 배근하여 횡방향 구속 효과를 증대시키고 있다. 이것은 심부 구속 횡철근 배근을 통하여 교각에 필요한 강성 및 연성을 확보하여 내진성능을 향상시키고자 하는 것이다. 현재 심부구속 횡방향 철근량 산정에 대한 설계 기준은 국내의 도로교 설계 기준과 국외의 대다수 설계 기준이 동일한 설계 기준을 사용하고 있고, 이는 중실 철근 콘크리트 기둥을 대상으로 제안되어 있다. 이 식을 내부 구속 중공 RC 기둥에 그대로 적용하기에는 그 구성 요소가 상이하고 거동 특성이 다르기 때문에 무리가 따른다. 본 연구에서는 내부 구속 중공 RC 기둥에 현행 기준을 적용하였을 때의 해석적 방법에 의한 변위 연성도 분석을 통하여 특성을 분석하고 경제성 있고 합리적인 설계가 될 수 있도록 수정식을 제안하였다.